Pond Jumpers » scala http://pondjumpers.com the international podcast for open source developers Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:06:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Working from both sides of "the pond", we strive to bring you top notch podcasts about the world of open source. Greg L. Turnquist and Russ Miles no Greg L. Turnquist and Russ Miles contact@pondjumpers.com contact@pondjumpers.com (Greg L. Turnquist and Russ Miles) Pond Jumpers by Greg L. Turnquist and Russ Miles is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. the international podcast for open source developers open, source, podcast Pond Jumpers » scala http://pondjumpers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coverart.jpg http://pondjumpers.com/category/scala/ Episode 6: Dynamic language discussion http://pondjumpers.com/2010/09/20/episode-6-dynamic-language-discussion/ http://pondjumpers.com/2010/09/20/episode-6-dynamic-language-discussion/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:34:29 +0000 gregturn http://pondjumpers.com/?p=111 In this episode, I mention some news items about Jython, Ruby, and Rails. Then I get into a generalized discussion about the value of dynamic languages and how some people’s tendency to dismiss them is really a form of premature optimization.

News

  • http://www.jython.org/latest.html – Jython 2.5.2 beta 2 has been released. On September 13th, a new beta release was made. There are several fixes, and you can click on the link in the show notes to get more details.
  • On August 30th, Rails 3.0 has been released.
  • http://twitter.com/OpenJonathan/status/24505763653 – Speaking of Ruby, Jonathon Swartz, the former CEO of SUN Microsystems, has formed a new company, The Picture of Health. They are hiring, and Jonathon Swartz (openjonathon) tweeted back on September 14th that they have Ruby and Postgresql jobs.

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]]> http://pondjumpers.com/2010/09/20/episode-6-dynamic-language-discussion/feed/ 1 In this episode, I mention some news items about Jython, Ruby, and Rails. Then I get into a generalized discussion about the value of dynamic languages and how some people's tendency to dismiss them is really a form of premature optimization. - News - In this episode, I mention some news items about Jython, Ruby, and Rails. Then I get into a generalized discussion about the value of dynamic languages and how some people's tendency to dismiss them is really a form of premature optimization. News http://www.jython.org/latest.html - Jython 2.5.2 beta 2 has been released. On September 13th, a new beta release was made. There are several fixes, and you can click on the link in the show notes to get more details. On August 30th, Rails 3.0 has been released. http://twitter.com/OpenJonathan/status/24505763653 - Speaking of Ruby, Jonathon Swartz, the former CEO of SUN Microsystems, has formed a new company, The Picture of Health. They are hiring, and Jonathon Swartz (openjonathon) tweeted back on September 14th that they have Ruby and Postgresql jobs. Thanks To contact us: Visit our web page at http://pondjumpers.com. Send us a message through our Contact form. Follow us at http://twitter.com/pondjumprs. Please send us feedback or contact us about a potential interview. We love talking about anything open source. All writings and recordings produced by Pond Jumpers are published through a Creative Commons attribution/non-commercial/share alike license and copyrighted by Greg Turnquist (twitter) and Russ Miles (twitter). The content of this podcast and website does not represent any of the companies mentioned nor their opinions. The intro and exit music is the upbeat rock song "Sweet Ramona" and purchased from opuzz.com, the site for royalty free production music. Greg L. Turnquist and Russ Miles no 31:03 Episode 2: Interview about Lift http://pondjumpers.com/2009/07/27/episode-2-interview-about-lift/ http://pondjumpers.com/2009/07/27/episode-2-interview-about-lift/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:08:16 +0000 gregturn http://pondjumpers.com/?p=69 In this episode, Russ and I interview David Pollack, the creator of Lift, the scala-based web framework.

Key links include:

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]]> http://pondjumpers.com/2009/07/27/episode-2-interview-about-lift/feed/ 1 In this episode, Russ and I interview David Pollack, the creator of Lift, the scala-based web framework. - Key links include: Beginning Scala - the book http://liftweb.net - Lift web site http://demo.liftweb.net - Lift demo (very good demo!) In this episode, Russ and I interview David Pollack, the creator of Lift, the scala-based web framework. Key links include: Beginning Scala - the book http://liftweb.net - Lift web site http://demo.liftweb.net - Lift demo (very good demo!) http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb - Lift's google group http://freenode.net #lift - Lift IRC chat channel Thanks To contact us: Visit our web page at http://pondjumpers.com. Send us a message through our Contact form. Follow us at http://twitter.com/pondjumprs. I give special thanks to the Skype Call Recorder team, who have made it easy to record Skype phone calls. Please send us feedback or contact us about a potential interview. We love talking about anything open source. All writings and recordings produced by Pond Jumpers are published through a Creative Commons attribution/non-commercial/share alike license and copyrighted by Greg Turnquist (twitter) and Russ Miles (twitter). The content of this podcast and website does not represent any of the companies mentioned nor their opinions. The intro and exit music is the upbeat rock song "Sweet Ramona" and purchased from opuzz.com, the site for royalty free production music. Greg L. Turnquist and Russ Miles no 43:55